Improvement in washing-machines



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE..V

JAMES LOCHRIDGE, OF DANVILLE, INDIANA.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,238, dated July 10, 1866.

'l'o all whom it may concern;-

Beit known that I, JAMEs LooHRIDGE, of Danville, in the county of Hendricks and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Mode ofW-ashin g Clothes; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of its construction and operation, reference being had to the annexed drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in construeting a box, 10, and placing inside of it a r'ubbingboarcl, 7. Under this board I place six (6) springs, 12 12 12. I place onto that rubbing-board a little car, 9, with three rollers, 1, 2, and 3. The reaches of 1 are concave, those of 3 are convex, and 2 is supplied with peforations. This car 9 is fastened to the inside of the box 10 by means of the strips 6.6,

which are screwed t0 the sides and prevent it from being pushed out by the clothes.

S 8 are springs to prevent the jarring and knocking ofthe car against the box. l1s the hungyhole.`

When I place the clothes inside of the box and apply water they will naturally expand, and my car being prevented, bymeans of the strips 6, 6, and 6, from giving way, the expansion will have to exert itself upon the springs 12 12 12 12. Moving the car over the clothes it creates acompression. When passed over the water will rush into them again, and so on. In this manner I clean the clothes.

What I claim as new is- The combination of the rubbing-board resting upon springs,'the movable rubber 9, with the rollers 1 2 3 and springs 8 8, and strips 6 6, for the purpose and in the manner specified.

JAMEs LOOHEIDGE.

Witnesses:

WM. SULLIVAN, JN0. L. SMITEMYEE. 

